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Article #234Re: California's Opportunity to Achieve Improved Flood Control
From: Robert F Harrington
Date: Thu, 13 Feb 1997 00:00
Date: Thu, 13 Feb 1997 00:00
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In article <dopowell-1202972221450001@1.1.1.1>, David O. Powell <dopowell@alumni.caltech.edu> wrote: >In article <5dsnk8$13e5@hpbs1500.boi.hp.com>, tmenten@boi.hp.com (tom >menten) wrote, in part: > >> Your expertise is civil engineering, yes? Tell us about the long term >> costs, in updated dollars, for a typical dam you've studied. I understand >> that they usually silt in after many decades and then lose their water >> storage and flood control capacity. True or myth? What is the cost to >> deal with silt? > >I frankly find Mr. Menten's question ridiculous. Siltation of large >reservoirs in the Sierra Nevada is not a significant problem. That hardly makes it a ridiculous question, it just means that the answer to the question is known, and not what he thought it was. Bob Harrington Tucson, AZ
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X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII-7-bit X-Google-Thread: 106ed4,2373d8dbf9f6fee5 X-Google-Attributes: gid106ed4,public X-Google-Thread: 102cad,2373d8dbf9f6fee5 X-Google-Attributes: gid102cad,public X-Google-Thread: f9e58,2373d8dbf9f6fee5 X-Google-Attributes: gidf9e58,public X-Google-Thread: 108860,2373d8dbf9f6fee5 X-Google-Attributes: gid108860,public X-Google-Thread: fe1ad,2373d8dbf9f6fee5 X-Google-Attributes: gidfe1ad,public X-Google-Thread: 10df74,2373d8dbf9f6fee5 X-Google-Attributes: gid10df74,public X-Google-Thread: f84dc,2373d8dbf9f6fee5 X-Google-Attributes: gidf84dc,public X-Google-Thread: 105030,2373d8dbf9f6fee5 X-Google-Attributes: gid105030,public From: rfh@f1n7.U.Arizona.EDU (Robert F Harrington) Subject: Re: California's Opportunity to Achieve Improved Flood Control Date: 1997/02/13 Message-ID: <5dvnon$1274@news.ccit.arizona.edu> X-Deja-AN: 218560350 References: <rpenny-ya023580000202971509530001@nntp.ix.netcom.com> <5dr93s$4f2@dfw-ixnews8.ix.netcom.com> <5dsnk8$13e5@hpbs1500.boi.hp.com> <dopowell-1202972221450001@1.1.1.1> Organization: The University of Arizona Newsgroups: ca.water,rec.boats.paddle,alt.org.audubon,alt.org.earth-first,alt.org.sierra-club,ca.general,ca.news,ca.environment,sci.geo.hydrology,sci.geo.rivers+lakes,sci.environment,sci.engr.civil